Backet for hay-fork tracks.



, 794,941 PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

a F. W. H. KELLER.

BRACKET FOR HAY FORK TRACKS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14. 1905.

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NITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BRACKET FOR HAY-FORK TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,942, dated July 18, 1905. Application filed April 14, 1905. Serial No. 255,618.

To to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. H. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Western, in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for Hay-Fork Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tracks for hay-carriers; and it consists, essentially, of a device whereby the track may be extended a short distance outside of the barn. This has the advantage that the hay does not come into contact with the barn, and there fore1 enables the hay-fork to be easily operate Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing it detached. Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

- The numeral 1 indicates a metal bar which projects outward from the gable of a barn, one end 2 of which is reduced in size and threaded for the reception of a nut 3. The reduced end 2 of this bar is passed through openings in the roof-rafters, so that the shoulder 1 is brought against the front of the barn. The nut 3 is then screwed up against the adj acent rafter, so that the bar 1 is held securely against longitudinal movement.

It will be perfectly obvious that the reduced portion may be made of any suitable length to pass through any required number of rafters. Braces 5 and 6 areemployed to support the end of the bar 1 to prevent it from sagging. These braces are bolted at one end to the end of the projecting bar 1 and are provided at the other end with crosspieccs 7, which fit against and are fastened to the side of the barn. Hangers 8 are suspended from the bar 1 and the track 9 at tached thereto. As shown in the drawings, one of the hangers 8 is attached to the end of the bar 1 and another attached at an intermediate point. The hangers are preferably formed with a yoke 10 at one end, the arms of which embrace and are fastened to the bar 1.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that I have devised an improvement in tracks for hay-carriers which is very simple in construction and which will at the same time be very durable in use.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is The combination with the usual track of a bracket for supporting an extension thereof, said bracket comprising a bar having a reduced and threaded end adapted to pass through a number of rafters, braces attached to the projecting end of said bar and provided 7 at their opposite ends with cross-bars to fasten to the side of the barn, and hangers suspended from the projecting bar and having the track attached thereto.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARRIE PATTERSON, FRANK Z-ABEL. 

